Local Community News

Wootton Rainbows with Carol Firth Rainbows, the youngest members of Girlguiding, recently attended an afternoon of fun learning, activities and singing at Fort Victoria. Members of the Needles Section visited this well-known tourist attraction just when Storm Brian was at...

Staff and pupils at Cowes Enterprise College are thanking local company MyCRM Limited for kindly responding to a request for new games for the school library. After a request was placed on the student newsletter for some second hand games,...

10-year-old Sophie Frost has raised £120 for the Friends of St Mary's Hospital by undertaking a sponsored walk. Yesterday's walk, which covered just under 11 miles, was in aid of the Friends of St Mary’s Hospital, for which Sophie’s grandmother,...

The New Carnival Company has been working with local schools and community groups to light up the ancient site of Mersley Farm at Newchurch - the present day site of The Garlic Farm. The site, which has played host to...

Southern Vectis teamed up with Hovertravel to welcome a group from the Association of Wrens to the Island on Saturday for a poppy event in the run-up to Armistice Day. The bus operator met the visitors and provided onward travel,...

A warm welcome to the RNLI Lifeboat Board’s ground-breaking ‘Saving More Lives’ plan was voiced at the board’s annual meeting on Saturday (28th October). The plan, which is incorporated in a 10-page booklet, helps co-ordinate efforts of the 3 Island...

Local Classified Ads website Islebuy has announced that it will be supporting the Island-based project ‘1 More Tree’ by planting trees on behalf of local businesses when advertising within their 32-page monthly magazine. 1 More Tree offers the unique opportunity...

The Isle of Wight College was the venue for the Careers, Education and Jobs Fair yesterday (Thursday). This free event, sponsored by the Isle of Wight Council, was supported by Island Futures, Job Centre Plus (JCP) and Isle of Wight...

80 people with dementia from across 6 residential homes on the Isle of Wight have been experiencing the wonders of poetry thanks to local charity Independent Arts. Workshop coordinator Kerry Tindall and creative writing practitioner Ann Emery, together with other...

Morrisons customers on the Isle of Wight are being asked to donate second hand books to help raise funds for CLIC Sargent. Community Champions Leah Tosdevin, from the Newport store, and Carrie Fineran from the Lake store are doing a...